Hardcover, 162 pages
English language
Published April 18, 1964 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Five children--and only five--were going to be allowed into Mr. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The lucky five would get to see all the mysterious machinery in the factory where the world's most wonderful candy was made. And those five children were:
Augustus Gloop--a fat pig of a boy who would eat anything he could get his hands and teeth on, Veruca Salt--a spoiled little rich girl who screamed until she was bought her heart's latest delight, Violet Beauregarde--the world's champion gum chewer who was destined for a sticky end, Mike Teavee--a smart aleck who was addicted to television, AND Charlie Bucket--Our Hero, who was honest, obedient, loyal, trustworthy, brave, good, kind, and starving.
What happens when these five children meet the famous Mr. Willy Wonka? What happens when they pass through the big factory doors? What happens when they come upon the unknown factory workers who throw very tiny shadows …
Five children--and only five--were going to be allowed into Mr. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The lucky five would get to see all the mysterious machinery in the factory where the world's most wonderful candy was made. And those five children were:
Augustus Gloop--a fat pig of a boy who would eat anything he could get his hands and teeth on, Veruca Salt--a spoiled little rich girl who screamed until she was bought her heart's latest delight, Violet Beauregarde--the world's champion gum chewer who was destined for a sticky end, Mike Teavee--a smart aleck who was addicted to television, AND Charlie Bucket--Our Hero, who was honest, obedient, loyal, trustworthy, brave, good, kind, and starving.
What happens when these five children meet the famous Mr. Willy Wonka? What happens when they pass through the big factory doors? What happens when they come upon the unknown factory workers who throw very tiny shadows on the windows and talk in rhyme? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka's orders? That, dear reader, is the substance of this uproarious morality tale by the world-renowned storyteller, Roald Dahl. --front flap
Read it when I was a kid and I remember I liked it.
Una obra sencilla pero llena de magia y sensibilidad. Nos habla de los celos y envidia en el sector comercial e industrial y la forma en que Willy Wonka, dueño de la fábrica de chocolate logra proteger todos sus ingeniosos inventos.
Por otro lado, nos presenta a 4 niños que, a su corta edad, ya se encuentran aquejados por una serie de costumbres que mal guiadas por sus familias han degenerado como niños desobedientes y egoístas, lo cual se ve reflejado en sus acciones al visitar la fábrica de chocolate y las consecuencias que reciben por sus actos.
Además, tenemos a Charlie Bucket, un niño de extrema pobreza que ha sido educado por su padres y abuelos, con anhelo de cosas mejores pero sentado en su realidad. Es él quien ganará junto a su familia el gran premio de la fábrica de chocolate.
Al final, quienes ingresaron a la fábrica …
Una obra sencilla pero llena de magia y sensibilidad. Nos habla de los celos y envidia en el sector comercial e industrial y la forma en que Willy Wonka, dueño de la fábrica de chocolate logra proteger todos sus ingeniosos inventos.
Por otro lado, nos presenta a 4 niños que, a su corta edad, ya se encuentran aquejados por una serie de costumbres que mal guiadas por sus familias han degenerado como niños desobedientes y egoístas, lo cual se ve reflejado en sus acciones al visitar la fábrica de chocolate y las consecuencias que reciben por sus actos.
Además, tenemos a Charlie Bucket, un niño de extrema pobreza que ha sido educado por su padres y abuelos, con anhelo de cosas mejores pero sentado en su realidad. Es él quien ganará junto a su familia el gran premio de la fábrica de chocolate.
Al final, quienes ingresaron a la fábrica salen transformados, a partir de sus experiencias y aprendizajes, con la ilusión del lector, de que, de ahí en adelante, las cosas serán mejor para todos.
I'm reading through Roald Dahl's catalogue with my son during storytime and this one really stood out. There is one thing I loved in this story, which is completely absent in the film. The relationship between Grandpa Joe and Charlie is tender and intimate and inflected with the sort of wisdom passed down from grandparents to children that is hard to articulate. It's a mix of world weariness and profound optimism the two generations overlap can with and Dahl captures it brilliantly.
My son liked the Oompa Loompa songs but wished Dahl would have gone into more detail about squeezing the blueberry juice from Violet Beauregard.
Merveilleux conte pour gourmands, ce que j’ai trouvé beau là-dedans, c’est la faculté de Wonka, Charlie et du grand-père à s’émerveiller, aux 3 âges de la vie ^^
ce que les autres enfants ne semblaient pas capables.
L’adaptation de Tim Burton est tout simplement magique !
